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Sunday, April 4, 2010

Before and After Party: A DIY cloche

Happy Easter to you all! I hope you had a wonderful and blessed spring day!

We had planned on just lounging and eating all day – but the fantastic weather drew us outside, so we spent most of the day working on the yard. Wow. SO much to do out there this year! But it felt good to get my hands dirty again. ;)

This month’s Before and After Party project is a complete and utter copy cat – but that’s a good thing, right? I’ve seen DIY cloches all over blogland – but this one spoke to me for some reason. The reason -- it was just…CUTE. Allison over at House of Hepworth’s did this project and it had me at “cloche.”

I started with a cheese dome/plate from Goodwill. These are plentiful at most Goodwill's – I swear I see at least one every trip in. My set was $2.99:

Next, a $.99 candlestick:

I liked that it was big. And chunky. (Name that movie!)

I used my epoxy from Gorilla Glue for the first time to put the two together:

It was super easy to use – I glued the pieces together and let them sit overnight, but I think it takes less than a couple hours for it to really bond. It worked great!

Then…of course, I had to use the Heirloom White spray paint again:

I am quite sure my oil-rubbed bronze boyfriend on the shelf in the basement is sulking right now. Sorry love. I’ll be back soon. Smooches.

Even though I did a light sanding over the whole thing, it still took tons of coats of spray paint, and I still didn’t get it in all the crevices. But it was worth it!:

It now sits on the little table that separates our family room and kitchen:

I hope one day it will be a perfect little addition to a console table behind the sofa in that spot. ;)

I am quite sure the little cutie pear that is not protected by the cloche will be used as a tennis, basket, golf or baseball sometime very soon. But for now, he’s so darn cute sitting there!

So, my before and after for the month for you again! Before…cheesy plate and cheap candlestick:

After…GORG!:

Total cost was $4 for the Goodwill purchases – the spray paint and glue I had on hand.

Do you LOVE? I ADORE IT. I mean, seriously, adore it.

I can’t wait to see what you’ve been up to as well! Anything goes – as long as you have a before pic of some sort. Remember to copy and paste the address from the actual post, not to your blog! (I have to delete those and I hate to be a meany.)

I have a fun little addition to this month’s par-tay…one of you Squeezies who links up with a project will win a $50 HomeGoods gift card. Whoo to the HOO!

It will be randomly drawn, not based on the project. So link. it. up! And have FUN! (The linky will be up till this Friday evening.)

I love it! I see the base part a lot at my Goodwill but not the glass piece. I like the way the white covered. I had a similar thing happen with plain white and a gold crown, but it gave it an antique, aged look and I didn't even have to add glaze.

I just hated to throw the old things away, but now after getting our eagerly awaited Christmas steaks from the in-laws, I feel a little "greener" re-purposing those landfill clogging styrofoam monsters. Now I'm headed over to the GoodWill to fight off the crowd to get my cloche supplies!

bah, i am so jealous of your finds! i need to find a different goodwill, mine is all clothes with random home stuff thrown in. not very organized, and not a mecca for good stuff. and the pricing ain't great, either!

Thanks for starting my day out with a laugh!!! Moto Moto says it to Gloria in Madagascar 2! I should know, I've seen it a hundred + 1 times with my granddaughter! By the way...I love your cloche stand...fantastic job!

I just made one with a cloche that looks just like that, only I think mine is smaller because I could only fit 3 small pears in it. Not even kidding, i put fake mini pears from Hobby Lobby in mine too.

I feel pretty spiffy that I did something even you would aprove of without seeing yours first. Thank you for showing that.

LOVE IT! I have a cheese dome plate that I got, where? At the thrift store! ;) I painted it black last year and it has a faux cupcake in it. I was thinking I need to glue it to a candle stick to make a little dessert stand. It seems like your cheese dome is bigger though. Anyway, you said it took A LOT of coats of spray paint...I have found that primer is my friend. I didn't read that you used primer but if you did, just ignore this last part. haha I never used it before but I have found it is such a time saver and I get less irritated if I just coat the object with spray primer first. You *do* have to wait a little longer for it to dry. But for me it's worth it.

LURVE! I actually have a cheese dome I bought months ago, with the intention of turning it into a cloche. Completely smitten with the candlestick-raised cloche. Will be following through on that project soon hopefully!

OMG I finally did it! I went to Goodwill TODAY and finally found a cheese dome/plate! I'm so flippin' excited I can't stand it! What I could not find though, was a chunky candlestick! Bummer! But, I've been longing to do one of these nifty little things for the LONGEST time,so I'm determined to get it done! Thanks so much for all of your great ideas and inspiration!

Your cloche looks so good next to that lamp! I love these type of projects going around the blogworld. I have a nice cloche at home without a base so I'll have to get shopping to see what I can find.I'll have to make my way through your Mclinkies to see what everyone else has come up with.By the way I think I'm in love with your dinning room decor.. those vases/candle holders, lovely flowers, and oooh love the chicks in bowls.Thanks for having such a beautiful blog.